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Fallacy of composition

(Informal fallacy) This is the fallacy of arguing from properties of parts to a property of the whole. Example: "The important parts of my car are well-made; therefore my car is well-made."
Item added by Enkidu. Added on 01/13/2004
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lmorovan
05/02/2008

Fallacy of composition 5

Most Rate It All reviewers have funny votes, therefore, most Rate It All reviewers are funny.

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irishgit
05/31/2007

Fallacy of composition 5

Bill Clinton lied about shtupping his intern, therefore he lied about everything and is the worst president in history.

George Bush can't pronounce some polysyllabic words properly, therefore he's a complete idiot and is the worst president in history.

The hijackers on 9/11 were Muslims, therefore all Muslims are terrorists.

Hitler was a German, therefore all Germans are Nazi's.

irishgit likes to drink alcohol, therfore irishgit is an alcoholic incipient drunk-driving wife beater.

The Columbine school killers liked Marilyn Manson, therefore everyone who likes Marilyn Manson should be locked up.

Stop me if you've heard this before.

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GenghisTheHun
12/30/2006

Fallacy of composition 5

This is very common. All seven members of the rock group, "Aspen Loves" belong to the Baptist Church. Therefore Aspen Loves is a Baptist organization.

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LanceRoxas
11/06/2004

Fallacy of composition 5

Did you know all prolifers want to kill abortionists?

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abichara
10/30/2004

Fallacy of composition 5

This is the rock where the intellectually lazy or the ideologically inclined hide under. Taking a small segment of an argment and making it the issue is a trap that more people rather than less fall into. Common sense dictates that you have to look at the whole argument and make your conclusions from that.

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JKooks
01/24/2004

Fallacy of composition 5

God I love this list. Anyway, this is another crucial weapon in ClassicTVFan47's war chest, particularly in his campaigns against rap and hip-hop. If his claims were true, then if I hired a DJ, picked up a microphone and rhymed over some beats, then by default I would undergo an involuntary, subconscious transformation from average joe to womanizing, wife-beating, drug-dealing gangsta murderer. What the hell is that? This is perhaps one the most egregious affronts to common sense I have ever seen.

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AndrewScott
01/14/2004

Fallacy of composition 5

We see this fallacy from those who try to condemn all of Christianity or Islam by pointing out misdeeds of a few headline makers who have badly misinterpreted the basics of their religion. Irrationally projecting the problem behaviors of a very small percentage of an population onto the whole of a group is all too commonplace, sadly.

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